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Victor Davis Hanson: ‘It’s All According to Plan’ as Protesters Target Jewish Area in Mamdani’s NYC

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.

Jack Fowler: All right, Victor, I’m going to just—I’ll just give a drop here on what happened, and please comment. And then I have a very—it’s a little long of a read of the councilwoman from New York City who’s explaining, in her view—she’s a Republican councilwoman, Vickie Paladino—what is this really all about? 

So yesterday, on Monday, pro-Palestinian protesters marched through the streets of a Jewish neighborhood in the city, of course, carrying the banners, flags, signs, Hamas, Hezbollah posters, “River to the Sea,” etc. Five hundred police officers had to be called. This is the new New York City. Victor, what’s your take on this? 

Victor Davis Hanson: Well, I mean, it’s going according to [Zohran] Mamdani’s plan. I mean, he has Islamists come into [Gracie Mansion]. And he said that he would arrest [Benjamin] Netanyahu when he got there.

Most of the people that he has appointed, they have a social media history of being anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. He’s played race. He said he was gonna go after white neighborhoods. This is a white neighborhood. So I guess he’s fulfilling his pledge, and that’s what the people wanted. And he’s unapologetic about it.  

When he tapped on that Ken Griffith—you know, got his camera close—he was basically drawing the line and said, we don’t want you here. Get out. 

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And then if you’re one of the protesters, say if you’re here on a green card, a lot of them looked like they were immigrants or students from the Middle East—not all—but you would say, well, this is what Mamdani sent me. That’s what he wants me to do.  

And the police are not allowed to even touch a person that ICE is going for. So the New York PD, which is the best police department in the world, is now forbidden by Mamdani even to help the federal government. 

So they get the general impression that New York is on their side, and they look at the wider atmosphere in the United States and say, well, what is the Left doing?  

Well, there’s this guy in Maine with a Nazi tattoo, and he’s just a nominee. That’s great. And then you’ve got Benjamin’s baby, you know, Ilhan Omar. And you’ve got Rashida Tlaib yelling and screaming about Jews all........

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